LOGINI knew the face looking down at me. I’d know it anywhere.“There you are,” Jason said softly. “I’ve got you now.”…Kieran’s POVThe talisman sat in my breast pocket, a small weight over my heart. I’d carried it around since I left the chapel, rehearsing what I would say. The apology first, then the
Charlotte’s POVI’d learned long ago how to wear the right mask at the right times.So I sat at the head table in a dress the color of dark wine, my husband on one side and his daughter on the other, and I smiled and lifted my glass every time someone rose to toast the newlyweds, and not one person
“I think Elena might be haunting me and Charlotte from beyond the grave,” I finally said, deciding to just get straight to the point.The priest pulled his head back.I sighed. “Every time the two of us get close, Charlotte collapses. Like the lights just… go out.”“Well, I do recall she suffered fr
Kieran’s POVSleep wouldn’t come.I laid in the dark for ages, waiting for an exhaustion that should have dragged me under hours ago. A full day and night in the dirt by the grave. Nothing in my stomach except for a sandwich that had gone down tasting like ash. My body should have succumbed to sleep
Charlotte’s POVI had walked these paths dozens of times before, but the darkness changed them. The moon was half-full and high in the sky, and the only sounds were the pebbles crunching under my feet and the wind moving through the trees up overhead.I pulled my cardigan tighter and kept walking, l
I did. I had been finding it strange for a while. But I didn’t like the direction his voice was taking.“What are you saying, then?” I asked.He rubbed his hands together slowly, staring at the floor.“I went out to the grave because I felt guilty,” he said. “I told you that. But there’s more to it
“What were you thinking?” he demanded. “You could have seriously hurt her!”Heat flooded my face. “I was just trying to get the books she wanted,” I said, ducking my head. “It was an accident.”“You weren’t thinking at all!” He threw the book onto a nearby table with a loud thud. “You’re sick, you c
Charlotte’s POV“I wasn’t staring!” I protested lamely, “I just… hadn’t seen him… like that… uhhhh…”The other wolves hooted and hollered at my stumbling words, teasing in a manner that seemed mostly good-natured but was definitely at my expense.Finally Kieran cleared his throat and the others step
Its sweet, tart bite was a perfect addition to porridge or other foods. If I mixed it in with some of the soft cheeses and spread it on bread, it would make a tasty snack easily.“Aha!” I found a small packet of the dried berries at the back of the pantry.I emerged victorious in time to see Nora da
Charlotte’s POV“Who is it, Sophia?” the belligerent she-wolf’s friends were calling from the far side of the curtain.Sophia stared at me, eyes wide in disbelief. Her haughty, beautiful face quickly composed itself into domineering arrogance.“Just some disgusting human,” she called back to the oth







